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we are in napa where precautions worked. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the river behind me is cresting but it is still within the banks. predictions were missed, but not by much; especially when it comes to floods. folks here are not too excited. the water level came close to 3- foot of the banks. up river at saint heleno there was minor flooding, about a half foot above stage but people were concerned, like the people who emptied 50 tons of sand over this lot to protect their property. juan has been through 20 years of floods and he knows what to do. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. they work, flashlights and just have everything ready, food and have your cars gassed up. >> others put their faith in the not yet complete flood control project that helps when runoff is high. jeannine has seen the napa flood all her life. >> no, i wasn't concerned. i know they've had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and i knew it would be a normal storm. >> reporter: city and county officials are saying they don't think t
we are in napa where precautions worked. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the river behind me is cresting but it is still within the banks. predictions were missed, but not by much; especially when it comes to floods. folks here are not too excited. the water level came close to 3- foot of the banks. up river at saint heleno there was minor flooding, about a half foot above stage but people were concerned, like the people who emptied 50 tons of sand over this lot to protect their property....
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the napa -- morning. the napa river will crest earlier, lunchtime tomorrow at 18 feet. moderate flooding, 2 feet above flood stage. the only difference between the days is is there a a storm in the pipeline moving in. tonight the answer is yes. we have all of there moisture stretching from west of hawaii all the way into the west coast and northern california continues to be the bulls eye. low pressure to the northwest, the storm track heading right toward us. where's the next storm, sitting a couple hundred miles offshore. it will be with us tomorrow morning and all of northern california will be extremely wet. we're looking at rainfall totals topping out well above an inch to two inches. this is our future cast all the way through the day. santa rosa 2 more inches of rain. hayward an inch 1/3 and redwood city you will get a lot of rain as well. most falling tomorrow morning. heavy rainfall tonight. a soaker early tomorrow and it's going to move out pretty quickly and by mid afternoon we'll see clearing skies and by monday the rain will be a distant memory. oakland tom
the napa -- morning. the napa river will crest earlier, lunchtime tomorrow at 18 feet. moderate flooding, 2 feet above flood stage. the only difference between the days is is there a a storm in the pipeline moving in. tonight the answer is yes. we have all of there moisture stretching from west of hawaii all the way into the west coast and northern california continues to be the bulls eye. low pressure to the northwest, the storm track heading right toward us. where's the next storm, sitting a...
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ragehe flood prone city of napa was spared. be mayor says that's because overspent $250 million over the r st 20 years to keep the nearby napa river out of city streets. er the water was coming very fast and furious. but the culvert system we've teated was able to take that extra water and get it safely through town. th reporter: most of the flooding was confined to finedultural areas like this ltural arunty vineyard owned by s muchrson. >> that was under as much as six waet of water. noteporter: but he's not worried. grateft, he's grateful. > this just recharges our water supply and makes it better for next year's potential growth. we don't have to irrigate the vines maybe as much as we'd have to irrigate in a year without any flooding. >> reporter: there are still about 15,000 customers without power this morning. the majority of them here in sonoma county. this area got more than two inches of rain in the last 24 hours and, norah and charlie, there is now more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. ary of stately as much as we s
ragehe flood prone city of napa was spared. be mayor says that's because overspent $250 million over the r st 20 years to keep the nearby napa river out of city streets. er the water was coming very fast and furious. but the culvert system we've teated was able to take that extra water and get it safely through town. th reporter: most of the flooding was confined to finedultural areas like this ltural arunty vineyard owned by s muchrson. >> that was under as much as six waet of water....
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. >> reporter: but 2 1/2 hours south along the napa river people are still keeping a close eye on water levels. >> you never know with this river. it's iffy. you think it will go over and it won't then you don't and i want goes over. take as much precaution as you can. >> reporter: heavy rain fell at the oakland coliseum. forcing crews to sweep water offer the field before the raiders football game against cleveland. the wet weather and fog in northern california caused delays here at the los angeles international airport where travellers trying to get back to the san francisco area. this is a seventh grade english teacher trying to get back home but her flight to san francisco was delayed by an hour and a half. >> i have a stack of papers to grade and it's not getting any shorter while i'm here. >> reporter: the skies are clearing. forecasters expect a much drier start to the work week. >>> overseas rescue workers this morning are searching for survivors following the collapse of a tunnel in japan. at least nine people were killed when concrete slabs fell on cars and trucks. the tunnel
. >> reporter: but 2 1/2 hours south along the napa river people are still keeping a close eye on water levels. >> you never know with this river. it's iffy. you think it will go over and it won't then you don't and i want goes over. take as much precaution as you can. >> reporter: heavy rain fell at the oakland coliseum. forcing crews to sweep water offer the field before the raiders football game against cleveland. the wet weather and fog in northern california caused delays...
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inland not bad. 63 in the napa valley. drying out in the north bay 36 degrees there in santa rosa and 62 degrees in daly city. next couple of days, a break today and better part of the day tomorrow and clouds thicken up and rain developing late in the day overnight tuesday night into wednesday. looks like we dry out again on thursday and friday. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the japanese government says 49 highway tunnels will be inpicked immediately in the wake of a deadly accident. investigators say missing bolts may have caused concrete ceiling slabs to fall on cars in a highway tunnel killing nine people. yesterday's accident happened deep inside a three-mile-long tunnel about 50 miles west of tokyo. >>> we have got a warning on our next story the video may be disturbing for young children. a california magician suffered serious burns during a tv appearance in the dominican republic. here it is. cameras were rolling last week when the tv show host pours flammable cologne on the comedian. and
inland not bad. 63 in the napa valley. drying out in the north bay 36 degrees there in santa rosa and 62 degrees in daly city. next couple of days, a break today and better part of the day tomorrow and clouds thicken up and rain developing late in the day overnight tuesday night into wednesday. looks like we dry out again on thursday and friday. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the japanese government says 49 highway tunnels will be inpicked immediately in...
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napa soggy 61. san francisco 61. oakland 63. once we're finish with tomorrow, we are going to get paid back on some of that sunshine. we have a deficit in that. we'll get it back thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. we are not going to be warm, highs in the 60s. next week dry with cold nights and sunny but chilly afternoons. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >> thank you. >>> should california's mental health workers be allowed to try to make gay teenagers straight? the federal ruling today on conversion therapy. >> i enjoy doing this. giving back to the communities and kids. >> how bay area prison inmates are helping spread holiday cheer. ,, well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. o
napa soggy 61. san francisco 61. oakland 63. once we're finish with tomorrow, we are going to get paid back on some of that sunshine. we have a deficit in that. we'll get it back thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. we are not going to be warm, highs in the 60s. next week dry with cold nights and sunny but chilly afternoons. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >> thank you. >>> should california's mental health workers be allowed to try to make gay teenagers straight? the federal ruling...